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Maia Zelkha

Oct 7, 2024, 9:06 PM

Love is our temple; memories, incense. Seven months was five months ago, now is twelve. “Today we add one more brick to the Beit HaMikdash,” The Rav said when my husband and I stood under the chuppah. All around, ruins, a ma’ayan, a hundred silent...

May 19, 2024, 6:03 PM

Poem: Those Who Stand for the Siren

Memorial day for the war dead. A wrinkled book soaked with age and rain: “The Sorrow is Gigantic.” Our heart-sick holy day, with our sick, holy prophets crying from cursed dreams. A mother and father who lost their son in...

Apr 7, 2024, 5:12 PM

Vehi She’amda, six months

Last weekend, my boyfriend and I barbecued steaks in his backyard while being warmed by a bonfire; we drank sour, freshly squeezed lemonade; upbeat music poured out of a speaker. That Shabbat, the food was mouthwatering. The weather was...

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Maia Zelkha is a writer living in Jerusalem. Her work has been featured in publications such as the Jewish Book Council, Parabola, and Vision Magazine. She can be contacted at mdzelkha@gmail.com.

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